It comprises sustainably sourced natural extracts, which include some of the world’s most rare raw and valuable ingredients – all while reducing environmental impact and supporting local producers.

Orpur features only the finest qualities of natural raw materials from the Givaudan palette. Being the premium quality label of the Givaudan catalog (one of the world’s largest companies in the flavor and fragrance industries) makes Orpur synonymous with quality and exclusivity for the fragrances industry. Using Orpur fragrances is not a common thing in the perfume mass market. To create Ombré Leather fragrance, Sonia Constant used the scent of black leather – Orpur quality fragrances for violet and jasmine scents. Born and raised in Houston and Austin suburbs, Ford bottled these memories and the American West myth in Ombré Leather, creating – with the Givaudan nose Sonia Constant – a perfume with both leather and floral features that combine Texas and American West imagery with its native flora, like cedarwood. Moving from these scents, in 2021, Tom Ford launched a perfume that is now part of Maison’s Signature line and features a dualism characterized by leather notes declined with violet leaf and cedarwood laced with a hint of green tobacco-capturing the atmosphere of the American West.Īnd indeed is the land, Ford’s homeland, that plays a central role and is the main protagonist of this fragrance: Ombré Leather Parfum has its roots in Texas lands, where Tom Ford spent his childhood and where he lived until he was 17. Back in 2006, when the brand launched its first fragrance, Black Orchid featured a blend of black truffle and ylang-ylang mingled with bergamot and black currant, which for years has been the olfactive signature of Tom Ford. ILanuchedn 2020, Rose Prick features a warm and floral scent built around a wild bouquet of rose breeds, amber, and spice base notes, inspired by Tom Ford’s private rose garden. Tom Ford already created fragrances influenced by nature and by his homeland. Building on the original scent, after three years, the brand now proposes Ombré Leather Parfum compared with the Eau de Parfum, in the Parfum, the leathery signature is intensified with the addition, on top notes, of Orpur violet’s absolute that introduces a floral touch, balanced by the cedarwood. Ombré Leather Parfum is not the first Ombré Leather fragrance from Tom Ford that features leather and floral notes merged together back in 2018, the brand launched the Eau de Parfum, a leather fragrance for women and men, created by the Givaudan nose Sonia Constant. Whichever you choose, it’ll work with your whole wardrobe, whether you’re a full Tom Ford leather-trouser man or not.To create the Ombré Leather fragrance, Sonia Constant used the scent of black leather – Orpur quality fragrances for violet and jasmine scents Purists will always opt for the original Ombre Leather, but anyone with a penchant for florals should look to the more recent Ombre Leather Parfum: an amped-up take on the lauded original that goes big on the violet leaf and cedarwood. The resulting trail is buttery – less battered leather jacket, more fresh-out-the-box loafers – and sits close to the skin, meaning you’ll be able to smell it on yourself, but won’t be leaving an obnoxious olfactory trail in your wake.

In the supporting roles, raspberry lends a hint of jammy sweetness amber and oakmoss provide a deep, lasting base. It’s a Western without the testosterone, Eastwood without the cigar.

Ford’s Ombre Leather eschews the tobacco, tonka and spices in favour of powdery florals. Leather scents are of course ubiquitous, but most are loaded with aggressively macho notes that don’t always transmit masculinity through a modern lens. £90 at LookFantastic Credit: Lookfantastic Ford’s signature sexiness in the most understated way. While many veer into attention-seeking territory, Ombre Leather encapsulates Mr. Just know that when you see the Good Things logo, it has the Esquire seal of approval.īig Fashion has long been in bed with the fragrance industry: a crowd-pleasing signature bottle, backed by a botoxed Hollywood face (or unsettlingly attractive centaur), is an essential revenue arm for designers with a behemoth parent company to keep happy.īut in an industry overflowing with ephemeral, crowd-pleasing blends, only a few make it into the collections of the true fragrance heads, and many of them come from Tom Ford.Īn ode to the desert heat of the American Midwest, Ombre Leather isn’t the shoutiest scent in the designer/director's roster (one of them is literally called Fucking Fabulous, for christ’s sake), but it is the most sophisticated choice. 'Best' doesn't mean most expensive, and it won't just be clothes (although, that's kind of our vibe). 'Good Things' is Esquire's celebration of the very best stuff you can buy, via the personal endorsement of our editors.

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